The Kuala Lumpur High Court today found Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd and its chief editor Abdul Aziz Ishak liable for defamation against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.
Justice VT Singham in his ruling found that the page one and page 10 article published by the Umno owned daily Utusan Malaysia on Jan 17 last year, damaging to Anwar's reputation and exposed the politician to ridicule and scorn.
He also took Utusan to task for failing to practise responsible journalism.
"Anwar's statement has been taken out of context by the daily, as in the BBC interview with the plaintiff it was crystal clear that he was not supportive that homosexual, lesbian and transgender activities should be legalised."
"The (Utusan) article published is incorrect and taken out of context, and it cannot be reconciled.
“The purpose the article published was to say Anwar is condoning it. The defendants have not acted professionally in publishing a correction when a legal letter is sent a week after the publication by Anwar's lawyers,k and have ignored this altogether," said the judge.
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